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This is a blog about my experience during the building of our family home.
My husband, Aaron, and I originally bought our lot overlooking Georgia Strait in Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada in the summer of 2009 when our son Will was only a few months old. We have been dreaming of ideas and loosely planning ever since. Last month we starting putting ideas to paper with a local draftsman and chose a builder to make our dreams come to life.
With the build just around the corner, HGTV gets its fair share of air time in our house and my design guru, Sarah Richardson, will influence many of my choices in our new home. I have loved watching Design Inc and Sarah's House over the years. Let's hope that I can take what she's taught us and use her wisdom for my own project. After all she had no formal training, goes with her gut, chooses things I would never think of, and when it all comes together it looks great! I'm going to do the same and be confident in my choices too. I look forward to feedback!
Lately my thoughts have centred on fabric choices and colour schemes while Aaron has been investigating appliances and flat screen TVs. I have heard that building a home together can test a marriage...I'm sure Aaron and I won't agree on EVERYTHING. There will be decisions to make daily when we're in the thick of it, but we'll make them and not look back!
I'm sure I will ask myself on many occasions "What would Sarah do?" Come along for the ride as we build Rebecca's House.